2 . A long time ago, there was a farmer who had ten donkeys (驴). One evening, after a long day of hard work, the farmer returned home with the donkeys and began to tie them to the stakes(桩). When he finished nine donkeys, he found that the tenth rope was gone.

What now? He could not let the last donkey run around all night. It would surely run away. Suddenly, he saw that, under a tree, there was a monk(和尚). The farmer ran to the monk and asked for advice. The monk said, “The only thing you have to do to the tenth donkey is make the movements (动作) you would have made with a rope in your hands. Pretend (假装) to tie the donkey. That’s all.”

The farmer returned to the tenth donkey, pretended to fasten (拴紧)a rope around its neck and then to tie the rope to a stake. He then entered his little house, half trusting the monk’s advice, half worried that his donkey would run away in the middle of the night.

When he went outside very early the next morning, all the donkeys were still standing nicely next to their stakes, even the tenth one. The farmer untied the donkeys and wanted to take them to the field. But to his surprise, donkey number ten refused to move an inch. The farmer pulled and shouted, but the animal just didn’t move.

Suddenly, the farmer thought of what he had done to the donkey the night before. With a great “ah ha”, he returned to donkey number ten, and just after a simple movement the donkey happily walked with him to the field.

The home of the future won't be     1    (complete) different and we will be living in houses and flats just as we do today.     2    (build) in different shapes, no two homes will look the same. People will be able to buy “house kits” containing a basic house structure, with adjustable walls, doors and windows. They will put together the different parts     3     (create) the home they want.

Space holidays will develop in the future, but these holidays won't be for everyone because they are     4     (expensive) than holidays on the earth. Short space trips will develop first, then the space hotels will go around the earth     5    it will be possible to have a longer vacation. By     6    end of the next century, there will be holiday centres on the moon with leisure facilities for families.

According to the laws of physics, the earth is going to    7    ( appear) some time in the future. This isn't going to happen tomorrow but scientists predict that it will happen in five billion years when our sun    8    (explode).     9     a result,we will have to explore the universe and find another home. At some point in the distant future, either we stay on the earth and die with it,or we leave and move to another planet. There won't be any other    10    (choose).

4 . In 1988, a married couple welcomed their first child into the world.. However, a year later, Kashif’s parents noticed that their son was _________ to sit up like other babies.

After several _________,the couple were told that their son had cerebral palsy (脑瘫). Kashil’s mother said, “We knew nothing about the _________, but we were happy to learn that his disability was physical and that his intelligence was _________.”

When he was old enough, Kashif started attending school. He _________ the ability to read and write. In 2009 Kashif expressed his wish to _________. The family kept telling him that he was _________ and could not do tasks that other people could. His frequent _________ went on till early 2012, when a relative, Sham Latiff, had a _________ with Kashif. “I want to work and __________ people like me,” Kashif said. Sham __________ that Kashif really wanted to have a __________ in society.

After much discussion, Kashif’s family made his dream come true. On his 24th birthday, Kashil’s family __________him with his “present”. With his __________ fingers, Kashif used an iPad to create a Facebook page called the “I Am Speciable” Movement. Kashif himself __________ the word “speciable”, a combination of the words “special” and “able”.

To date, the movement has organized many __________. Kashif also sells “I Am Speciable” T-shirts through his page to __________ money. Kashif has helped many students like him in his community through his __________. “Speciable” is more than a coined word.

The Facebook page __________ the radio and local newspapers. The family’s support has made Kashifa __________ member of society—a superman taking up a cause for his own community.

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7 . At the end of a long week, Mike and I were going to invite friends for dinner. Just before I got home, Mike said he had to stay late at work. _________, I was on my own to get everything ready.

Already running late myself, I started feeling _________ as I drove to pick up Haydn and Michael. I rushed them into the car and informed them we were making a few _________ before heading home and that they needed to help me _________ the house. Both of them started _________immediately. I turned and gave them a(n) _________ with my eyes that I was not in the mood to listen. They crossed their arms, looking _________. For the next hour I _________ the boys from one place to the next. The more I needed them to _________, the more distracted (分心的) they became. My __________ was wearing thin.

Just as we finished our last errand (差事), the boys reminded me to stop at the __________store to buy crickets (蟋蟀). Yes, I had promised them. Fifteen minutes later, we were back in the car with some new __________: one hundred live crickets in a clear bag.

I pulled into the driveway with only 45 minutes left before my guests arrived. I started barking orders at the boys, but all they __________ was placing the crickets into their little cage. __________, the next time I looked up, the crickets were jumping all over my kitchen. I screamed and climbed onto a chair to __________ them.

As I watched the boys running after the crickets with laughter, I realized I had only two__________. I could continue feeling angry, or just let it go and __________ the funny moment. I chose joy. I jumped off the chair and __________ them. It took us fifteen minutes to catch all the little guys. Then they __________ helped me prepare the dinner. We were happy and had a great dinner party.

Things go wrong from time to time. We can't stop that, but we can decide how we're going to __________ things. Try to think of something that makes you happy. You'll find something if you try.